Tile display panel



Sept. 10, 1935. N. c.'BuT1 R ET AL 2,013,741

TILE DISPLAY PANEL Filed Feb. 13, 1934 /Vof 6. Bains-v?. 72500085Zay/5ML.

Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNETEB STATES TENT GFFHQE TILE DrsrLAY PANELApplication February 13, 1934, Serial No. 711,076

7 Claims.

The present invention has to do with the art of tiles, especially-colored tiles, and involves primarily means for facilitating thedisplay of such tiles for sales purposes.

At the present time, dealers and others, who have to do with the sellingof tiles, nd it desirable and necessary to display the tiles as theyappear in an actual installation such as might be made in a building,kitchen, lavato-ry, bathroom, or similar place. Of course, it is Wellknown that different persons have different tastes in reference to thecombinations of colors of the tiles to be installed, and in view of theuse of colored tiles, many different combinations may be achieved invarious installations, the particular combination being dependent uponthe particular use to which the tiles are put in reference to the kindof room or compartment, the walls of which are to be equipped withtiling.

Heretofore the dealer has usually equipped himself with a number ofdifferent panels having differently colored tiles in color combinationsthereon, one color combination permanently applied to each panel. Thistype of panel construction requires the employment of quite a number ofpanels, if a suitable number of tile combinations are to be displayed.

The primary object of o-ur present invention has been to devise adisplay panel for tiles, on which is permanently mounted a main body orfield section or sections of tile, with removable sections of colorsdifferent from the color of the tiles of the main body or fieldsections. In its preferred embodiment, the removable tile sections maybe characterized as a cap section, an ornamental strip section, and abase section, but, of course, we do not wish to be limited to anyparticular terminology or construction in reference to the type ofremovable sections employed.

More specically speaking, in the carrying out of the invention, weutilize a panel comprising a base. Upon this base is mounted permanentlyan attachment plate or member having secured thereto in a permanentmanner, the main field section of tiles. If desired more than oneattachment plate or member may be utilized to secure the tiles of themain section to the base of the panel. Two such plates or members arepreferably utilized in spaced-relation so that an ornamental tile stripsection may be removably mounted therebetween in combinations ofdifferent colors.

At the top of the panel we provide a cap or crown section consisting ofa removable attachment plate or member having cap tiles secured thereto.In a similar way, at the lower part of the base is provided anattachment member for base tiles, which usually are of different colorfrom the coloring of the tiles of the main field or body section orsections. '5

Another object in view in carrying out our invention has been to producea simplified construction of panel, carrying permanently applied tilesof the body or field section, and easily removable and replaceableattachment members l0 which will carry the cap or crown tiles, theornamental strip tiles, and the base tiles, all usually of differentcolors contrasting with the color of the main field tiles.

A full understanding of the invention will be l5 had upon reference tothe following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing,in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tile panel embodying the principalfeatures of our inven- 20 tion.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View taken approximately on line 2 2of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3-3 of'Figure l. 25

VFigure 4 is an edge view of the panel base with the removable cap,ornamental stripy and base tile sections omitted.

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters are applied`to similar parts in 30 the different figures, it is notable that theinvention comprises primarily, a panel including the base A, providedwith a cross piece I at its lower end formed in the upper surface ofwhich is a groove 2i 35 At its upper end, the base A is equipped with aholding flange 3 preferably consisting of a lateral extension of a plate4 secured by suitable fastenings to the upper edge of said base.

Applied to the outer surface of the base A is an attachment plate ormember 5 preferably made of composition board of a suitable nature andspaced from the member 5 is a second member 6 of like form permanentlyattached to the base A but of larger area than the attachment member 5.Permanently secured to the outer face of the attachment members 5 and 6are the tiles 5a. and 6a, respectively, the said tiles forming a maineld or body section of tile for display purposes. They will preferablybe of the same color.

The tiles 5a are so mounted upon the attachment member 5 which carriesthe same, that the upper edges of the tiles 5a extend upwardly beyondthe upper edge of the member 5 and the 55 lower edges of the tiles 5asimilarly project a slight distance downward beyond the lower edge ofthe member 5. Reference will be made to this feature later.

Now dealing with the tiles 6a, it is notable that the upper edges of theuppermost row of said tiles extend upwardly beyond the upper edge of theattachment member 6, and in like manner, the lower edges of the lowerrow of the tiles 6a project downwardly a slight distance beyond thelower edge of the member 6. In conjunction with the display of a mainbody or eld section of tiles such as 5a and 6a, it is desirable to beable to display cap or crown tiles ornamental strip tiles and base tiles9, having the usual base flanges it, the several tiles 8 and 9 being ofa color or colors different from the tiles 5a and ia. Now if the tiles7, 8 and 9 are susceptible o1" removal from the panel base A, it isevident that other similar tiles may be substituted in replacement, andsince these crown, ornamental strip, and base tiles come in quite anumber of different colors, obviously an arrangement for removal of thetiles '1, 8 and 9 will be advantageous in enabling the dealer, or personusing the isplay panel, to arrange upon the panel base A quite a numberof different cap, ornamental strip and base tiles of colors differentfrom the main field or body tile 5a and 6a.

To the above end, therefore, We contemplate mounting the cap tiles Ipermanently upon a slidable or removable attachment member II, alsomounting of the ornamental strip tiles 8 upon a sliding or removableattachment member I2 and similarly mounting the base tiles 9 upon asliding or removable attachmentmember I3. The attachment members II, I2and I3 in each instance are of a Width greater than the verticaldimension of the particular tiles carried thereon, so that the upper andlower edges of each of the members II, I2 and I3 project beyond theupper and lower edges of the tiles that are carrled thereby.

On the above account, it will be evident from the drawing, that theupper edge of the tile attachment member I I may slide beneath theflange 3 at the upper end of the panel base A, and the lower edge ofsaid member I I may slide beneathY the upper edge of the permanentlysecuredrtiles 5a. Similarly, the upper edge of the attachment member I 2may slide beneath the lower edges of the tiles 5a and the upper edges ofthe tiles 6a of the top row of tiles carried by the member li; and in asimilar manner, the upper edge of the attachment member I3 m-ay slidebeneath the lower edges of the tiles 6a of the lower row on the member6, and the lower edge of the member `I3 is adapted to fit in a slidingmanner in the groove 2 of the cross piece I.

Thus, the mounting of the several members I I, I2 and I3 is such that byshifting them transversely of the panel base A, they may be placed inposition in a removable manner on the panel .base so that they can bedetached very quickly and similar members II, I2 and I3 bearing captiles, ornamental strip tiles and base tiles of other colors can bereadily inserted in place of the ornamental members II, I2 and I3 on thebase A to give the purchaser of the tiles a very excellent idea of thedifferent colorcombin-ations that may be effected by usingthe main fieldtiles 5a and 6a, with cap or crown tiles, ornamental strip tiles, andbase tiles of more or less contrasting colors.

The cap tiles 1 may, if necessary, be attached to the attachment memberII by the use of an intervening filler member '1a. With the use of thepresent invention, a dealer equipped with say three or four paneldevices of the invention, comprising the base A and permanently attachedtiles 5a and 6a of diierent colors will be able to use in connectionwith these three or four panel bases almost any number of diiferentlycolored removable attachment members II, I2 and I3 bearing cap,ornamental strip and base tiles, of 10 many other colors than those ofthe main body or eld tiles carried by such particular three or fourpanel bases A.

In the circumstances, according to our present invention, therefore, itwill be seen that a panel l5 device susceptible of very flexible use forthe purposes of displays of tiles is proposed and obtained, and whilethe construction described contemplates the provision of attachmentmembers for the removable tiles which are mounted in slide grooves, anddisplaceable and emplaced by a transverse movement relatively to themain body tiles on the panel base, it is contemplated within the purviewof the invention to avail of other suitable attachment means for theremovable tiles than those described herein, which, however, afford amost simple, compact, and easily workable construction for the purposesin view.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:-

1. In a display panel for tiles, in combination,

a panel base, a series of tiles thereon secured thereto to provide amain body or field section, the said base being equipped with flangeparts and certain of the said tiles having their edges disposed inspaced relation to said flange parts and disposed in spaced relation tothe base so asvto ,provide a plurality of grooves, and removableattachment members tted into said grooves, together with tilespermanently secured to said attachment members and removable therewith.2. In a display panel for tiles, in combination, a base, a series oftiles secured on the base to form a body or eld section, and a pluralityof removable tiles mounted on the base adjacent to said tiles of thefield or body section, and attachment members for the removable tilesfacilitating the displacement and replacement thereof at will upon thebase, the tiles of the body or field section being mounted upon the basewith certain of their edges extending laterally in spaced relation tothe base to interlock with the attachment members for the removabletiles.

3. A display panel for tiles, comprising, a base having a grooved crosspiece at its lower end and a flanged member at its upper end, .tilessecured to the base to provide a body or eld section of tiles anddisposed in spaced relation to said cross piece and said flange member,and removable and replaceable tiles mounted upon the base and comprisingattachment members, certain of which are received beneath the flange ofthe flange member and beneath the edges of the field tiles, and certainothers of which are received in the groove of the cross piece andbeneath the edges of the said eld tiles, so as to be interlockedtherewith, but adapted for removement and replacement at will.

4. A display panel for tiles, comprising, a base, a downwardly extendingflange `member at the .upper end of the base disposed in spaced relationto the base, a cross piece at the lower end of the base equipped with anupwardly open groove adjacent to the base, permanently securedattachment plates applied to the base, tiles of a eld or body sectioncarried by said attachment plates, and having their upper and loweredges projecting beyond the attachment plates, a cap section of tiles,an attachment member for said cap section of tiles interlocked with thesaid flange member at its upper edge and interlocked with tiles of thebody or field section at its lower edge, base tiles and an attachmentmember for the base tiles interlocked at its upper edge with tiles ofthe body or field section and interlocked at its lower edge in thegroove of the said cross piece.

5. A display panel for tiles, comprising, a base, a downwardly extendingange member at the upper end of the base disposed in spaced relation tothe base, a, cross piece at the lower end of the base equipped with anupwardly open groove adjacent to the base, attachment plates secured tothe base, tiles of a field or body section carried by said attachmentplates, and having their upper and lower edges projecting beyond theattachment plates, a cap section of tiles, an attachment member for saidcap section of tiles interlocked with the said flange member at itsupper edge and interlocked with tiles of the body or field section atits lower edge, base tiles and an attachment member for the base tilesinterlocked at its upper edge with tiles of the body or field sectionand interlocked at its lower edge in the groove of the said cross piece,the said plates for the tiles of the body or eld section being spacedapart and the tiles applied to said plates or certain of them havingadjacent edges projecting beyond the plates, an ornamental strip tileattachment member received between said field tile attaching plates andinterlocked beneath the tiles carried thereby, and

ornamental strip tilescarried by said ornamental tile attachment member.

6. In a display device of the class described, a base, spaced attachmentmembers extending across the base and to which tiles are secured forminga field section, said attachment members having areas less than the areaof the tiles carried thereby so that the tiles adjacent the edges ofsaid attachment members overhang in spaced relation to the base,providing opposed grooves, the sides of which are defined by the baseand overhanging edges of the tiles, and the bottom of the grooves beingdefined by the edges of the attachment members, and attachment membersreceivable in said grooves and carrying tiles contrasting with the fieldsection tiles which are adapted to lie in the plane of the eld sectiontiles when the latter attachment members are inserted in the grooves.

7. In a display panel for tiles, in combination, a panel base includingoverhanging flanges disposed in spaced relation to one face of the baseaffording oppositely spaced grooves, a body or field section of tilessecured to the base, and a removable attachment member associated withthe base and bearing thereon tiles, certain of the edges of which tilesterminate short of certain of the edges of the attachment member,aiording laterally extending attaching portions on theV removableattachment member, said latter tiles

